Manufacturer Bally Manufacturing System Bally AS-2518-35 Artwork Paul Faris | Release date November 1980 Design Greg Kmiec Music Suzanne Ciani | |
Xenon is a 1980 pinball machine designed by Greg Kmiec and released by Bally. The game was not only the first talking pinball table by Bally, but also the first with a female voice.
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Description
The voice for the female robot theme was provided by Suzanne Ciani who also composed the music of the game. The seductive voice is for example saying "Try Xeeeeenon" in attraction mode or responds to bumper hits with some "Oooh" and "Aaah" moaning sound effects.
Xenon consists of dominant blue artwork e.g. blue bumper caps, plastic posts and bluish light that gives the game a futuristic xenon theme.
The tube shot is the most prominent playfield feature and transports the ball from the upper-right side of the playfield to the middle-left side of the playfield. It consists of a clear acrylic tube with a string of small lights.
An episode of Omni: The New Frontier has a segment that talks about the creation of the game's audio.
Digital version
Xenon was chosen in a poll to be in the game The Pinball Arcade and is available for several platforms as a licensed table. Xenon was also included in the arcade game UltraPin.